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Grades should represent effort, mastery and participation in a class. It should be multifaceted to give all students a chance for success. It should also make sense and take into account possible disabilities that could make some students struggle in one area more than another. Overall, the student shows growth in that content.

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Grades do represent compliance and the ability to follow the rules or play the game.   

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Grades do represent compliance and the ability to follow the rules or play the game.   

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Grades should be holistic as much as possible and represent progress and not just mastery. Students coming into the class are not all starting from the same place.

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The level of understanding a class has of that information. Hands on project work is what shows the level that they know the system.

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Grades should reflect knowledge of the subject matter.  However, there is often pressure to water down grades to reflect “effort” assuming a student completes an assignment.

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Grades should represent the willingness to follow directions, the progress a student has made, and their precision to details.

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In a lot of instances, grades represent memorization and recall. Ideally, I would hope that grades reflected my students’ genuine knowledge and mastery of the material.

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Grades should reflect student comprehension and knowledge of a skill related to the content.

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What do they represent? They tell a student how well they can perform within set boundaries- boundaries that they may not be able to reach or even see.

What should they represent? How students are growing over the course of a set time/in a particular subject/their level of participation and determination to learn. Every student is different. It should be case by case.

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Grades should represent a combination of mastery and effort.
Often, grades do represent if a student has access to materials/technology/and a supportive environment.

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Grades should represent their own progress compared to themselves over a period of time.

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Grades should represent their own progress compared to themselves over a period of time.

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Things earned, not given

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Grades should represent the depth of knowledge a student has about a certain topic

Grades do represent a students depth of
knowledge at a particular moment and how hard they work in the course

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Grades should represent a combination of effort and accomplishment.

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Compliance
Completion
Knowledge
Skill
Presence

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Grades should represent knowledge level and ability. They 

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Grades should represent knowledge level and ability. They 

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Grades should represent what students know-- specifically the content standards they have learned and what level of mastery they have achieved.

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Progress and understanding

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The Level of content mastery

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Grades should respect what students earned through participation, performance and knowledge.

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Grades should reflect how well a student has mastered the material.

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What you learned and demonstrated over a period of time.

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I think grades should be a combination of showing knowledge but also a reflection of student skills and effort.

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I think grades should be a combination of showing knowledge but also a reflection of student skills and effort.

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Grades should represent a forward progress in understanding and development. Being able to draw back to previous content. Typically they only represent how well a student can memorize information

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Many think it is all about the grade and nothing to do with the level of learning

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Understanding and completion

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Grades should measure content mastery.

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Should represent student knowledge of subject

Should not be reflective of student attitude/behavior

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Grades represent effort and ability.

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Grades represent a student’s ability to organize, assimilate & explain their learning 

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Grades represent a student’s ability to organize, assimilate & explain their learning 

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Grades should reflect what students know

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Effort while still maintaining a standard.

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Should represent as evidence that they comprehend the subject matter

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Grades should represent a combination of knowledge and effort

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It was easier to remember the negative experience.

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I noticed that what grades should represent and what they do… don’t align. They should represent mastery of the content. Sadly, a lot has to do with completion of the tasks.

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Progress in learning

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Grades should represent a healthy combination of effort and skill

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Grades should be a measure meeting the standards for the class and a reflection of knowledge of the material.

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Grades aren’t objective - too many variables within districts and other schools.

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They represent the chances kids will get into their dream colleges. I wish they didn't, but...

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They represent the chances kids will get into their dream colleges. I wish they didn't, but...

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The level of student learning.

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Allow grades to show progress toward mastery

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Grades should represent proficiency

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Bad grades are not forgotten

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Grades show mastery of content

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Should = content knowledge
Do = “work”/effort

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Grades should represent a commitment to achieving long term goals.

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Grades should represent what students have learned or what standards the student has met

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Grades do often represent a students ability to “do” school over what they know or understand.

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Student understanding.

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A students actual ability to use a subject not their recall.

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Grades represent ability and effort

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Grades should represent growth over time

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A combination of knowledge and effort

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Grades are tied to worth and confidence. It should be tied to learning.

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SHOUlD represent what students know.

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They should reflect knowledge and understanding but they often end up being somewhat punitive.

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Grades should represent mastery of the material.

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Effort and ability

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Grades should represent effort and mastery.

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Grades represent a snapshot of student participation, buy-in, understanding and effort.

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What students know about the subject matter.